At the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet T-Bone and Billy head out to the So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. The Topping Events’ meet is one of the best in the country. On this February morning you can see why. Great weather, friends and treasures to be found. […]
“Every act of creation, is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone I am an artist, writer, chef and I guess now bike builder. I am finding quite a few close resemblances to the art making, writing, cooking and chopper making. As we were pulling what little meat was left […]
From Joe Amato’s Team, To Restoring your Dream Photos/Story: T-Bone There gets to be a point where you have to go out on your own. No matter what dream job you have, an entrepreneur knows they have to strike out on their own. Such is the story of Johnny Parkinson. Johnny had his dream job working […]
Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products. In this case, the exhibitor showed only one product. Pretty risky move we say. That’s […]
Richard Graves’ Gets to the Details on his Truck Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone The devil in the details. We stopped by Richard’s shop to see the progress on the cab-over truck he is building. He had the cab off to fix up some minor bodywork issues after getting it sand-blasted. The undercoat was sprayed and […]
Wait till you see the black jewel to be unearthed from this beast. Photos/Story: Billy/T-Bone Today we ran over to visit with the engine for the B.A.D. Bike Build. Our buddy Mitch is going to split the cases. We ran over to get some BEFORE photos and take a look inside the motor for our […]
Borgeson Universal Company celebrates it’s 100th Anniversary Pictured here, a 100 year old wood template U-Joint. Borgeson Universal Company is proud to announce they are entering their 100th year of quality manufacturing and exceptional service. [We had the opportunity to meet with Jeff and Alan at the recent MPMC Media Conference. Along with great U-Joints, […]
Ten Years Gone Photos/Story: T-Bone The B.A.D. Bike is a 1980 Harley-Davidson LowRider. As we begin to tear down what’s left of this highway carcass it’s easy to get lost in the stories this steel steed could tell. It appears to have quite the well worn past. Looking back at the license plate it appears […]
Iconic Hot Rod Builder Richard Graves’ Shop Truck Photos/Story: T-Bone Richard is building a truck. It’s not his first and most likely not his last truck. This truck is not a hot rodded classic truck from Ford, Chevy or Dodge. Although it may appear to look like a 1957 Chevy LCF (Low Cab Forward) and […]
Cone-Shovel Rolling Chassis Donor Photo/Story T-Bone The B.A.D. Bike Build get’s underway with an anonymous donor basketcase Shovelhead. What was at first described as a ’70’s Superglide is slowly being discovered to be a Low Rider. More mysteries to be solved in the next couple of days. Not entirely sure of the year yet. We […]
It’s Been An Incredible Year Story/Photos: T-Bone We are truly blessed to have dedicated readers and fans like you. From 1997 till April of 2011, Blacktop Magazine was a hobby of sorts for me and my son Billy. What started as a National listing for car shows, we turned into a diary of sorts for […]
Mooneyes X-mas Party and The David Mann Chopper Festival Photos and Story: T-Bone This is going to be a long weekend. One that I look forward to every year. It was pre-dawn on Saturday. The Mercifuls were leaving Long Beach at 5am with a threat of rain to head out to the Mooneyes X-Mas Party […]
